topic Re: MMS does not work in XPERIA archive

MMS does not work

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:26:35 GMT

I've had issues getting MMS to send. SMS works just fine, but MMS just never goes through. It doesn't say it was sent, and the person I send it to never gets it. Even the stock text message app won't work. I tried reinstalling it but it still does the same thing.

Using CM 6.1.1....any suggestions? I'd rather not have to reinstall the ro and start over

Re: MMS does not work

Uliwooly — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:29:48 GMT

How about deleting your apn settings and or replacing you sim card?

Re: MMS does not work

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:50:52 GMT

I may end up unlocking and replacing my sim card anyway if AT&T doesn't fix their customer service!!! lol

I'll try resetting my apn settings thanks

Re: MMS does not work

Uliwooly — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:22:43 GMT

you can get a new one for free, just call AT&T tell them to send you the APN OTA and most likely it WONT solve your problem, then they will say that it might be your SIM card which you can pick up for free at a local AT&T store

usually when I get that error I just reflash the phone and it works just fine but its a pain to reinstall everything

Re: MMS does not work

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:30:46 GMT

lol....just the thought of having to call at&t again today makes me wanna scream!! I just got off the phone with them for the 3rd time....2 1/2 hours wasted with the worst CSR's ever!!!

I'll try calling later when I've had a few drinks and I'm not ready to scream at them the second they pick up hahaha

Re: MMS does not work

Uliwooly — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:48:10 GMT

I hear you

Re: MMS does not work

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:23:43 GMT

So I called, they did not push apn to my phone...they guy I talked to has an iPhone (pffff...what's that tell you? lol) and they want me to take my phone in to a store for a "tech" (if you can call at&t store employees techs) to look at it. My question is this: since I obviously now have to re-flash the branded rom to my phone in order to do that, there is a chance MMS will work again after. If MMS starts working again after the ofw flash, how do I make it not work again so it does the same thing it is now ie: sms goes through, but not sms. I'd just delete one line in the APN settings but that would be too simple to fix. I'm sure you can figure out my motivation behind having a non-working x10 with the events that are set to happen in the next few weeks

Re: MMS does not work

Uliwooly — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:27:23 GMT

ok so I just had the same f.. problem hahaha

I was sending sms and I guess I sent them to fast that my X10 couldn't keep up, so I stop receiving sms all together, and I wasn't able to send nor recieve MMS, the irony here.

I did everything I could to fix it, but I knew there was only ONE solution

reflash the phone, ugh

I guess the only way to get it to do the same thing is to send a LOT of txts and to have a LOT of sms/mms saved on your messaging app

Re: MMS does not work

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 04:34:40 GMT

no way....lol What are the odds?

I actually deleted a ton of texts when I was on the phone with support and that disn't help me. I'll see if I can replicate it, though. That may be a great option if there's a glitch that kills messaging by flooding it. I have an app called text bomber that could easily flood my phone with hundreds of texts in 30 seconds hahaha

btw, did you restore your data partition after flashing? if so, did the problem still happen after that?

Re: MMS does not work

Uliwooly — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 04:36:46 GMT

you could perhaps recreat it, by sending them to yourself, using google voice. that way you will send hundreds of sms and receive them, so it might replicate the same issue

Re: MMS does not work

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:43:37 GMT

this is way easier :smileygrin: You just type your text message, set it for the number of texts, how often to send and the phone number...it does the rest. I can have hundreds of texts sent to myself immediately lol

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DST6I46K

Re: MMS does not work

Uliwooly — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:45:50 GMT

nice thanx

Re: MMS does not work

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:56:18 GMT

any time, bro

Re: MMS does not work

sushidushi — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:01:02 GMT

You guys are far more technically-minded than I am, but I assume that you have Data traffic (under mobile network settings) ticked? I have disabled mine because I only use the phoine for internetty stuff on wifi, and that means that I cannot receive picture messages. Just a thought.

Re: MMS does not work

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:22:43 GMT

Yeah, I did...thank you I actually re-flashed to at&t's branded 1.6 rom this morning with the intension of going in to the store and after I finished, of course, stupid MMS worked just fine again lol So I went through the insanely long list of updates available all the way through to reflashing xRecovery and the cyanogen 6.1.1 rom I was using this whole time. I'm just now restoring my data partition so my phone will be exactly back to where it was last night, apps & all....we'll see if that takes care of all of this.

btw, I couldn't duplicate the mms error with text bomber or manually sending multiple texts back to back...that's why I'm just completely restoring my phone back to where I had it prior to downgrading to the branded rom.

Re: MMS does not work

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:00:29 GMT

I'm finally completely finished restoring my phone back to TMR CM 6.1.1 v006, and my old data partition is restored, as well. MMS is working for me again, and I was curious about what sushidushi mentioned above about my data settings being enabled....so turned it off and sent myself an MMS....stayed at sending and never came through. Now here's the kicker: I re-enabled data, cancelled the first MMS,and sent myself the same picture again. The message was sent and I got it just fine....then, all of a sudden I started getting texts from all my contacts who were replying to pictures I had sent them weeks ago that they never replied to. I called every person who replied, and they all said the same thing...the MMS all came through at exactly the same time!!! Over 15 of them hahaha. Something about reflashing and disabling/re-enabling data must have kicked all those messages in the pants and forced them through!!!

I learned a valuable tip today, though: data kills MMS. Does that mean even if I am within range of and connected to my wifi (like I was today when the MMS failed without data enabled) I will be using my data plan? Because that would explain the enormous amounts of data AT&T is claiming I've used.

Re: MMS does not work

Uliwooly — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:25:25 GMT

yeah MMS goes with your data plan

Re: MMS does not work

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:03:15 GMT

that's it...I'm unlocking and leaving at&t...I only get 200mb and only CAN get 2gb. That's insane!! I don't even have the option for unlimited.

Re: MMS does not work

Uliwooly — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 07:33:57 GMT

you could always upgrade for 5GB for an unsane price or get someone with a real unlimited plan to transfer it to you, look for people with the old iphone, if they want out of AT&T they might have the unlimited plan which they can transfer to you.